The US also said that it would deploy as many as 6,000 troops at the Kabul airport to ensure safe departure of its citizens and those from its friends and allies from Afghanistan
Facing Backlash, Afghanistan Government Withdraws Ban on Schoolgirls Singing in Public
Last week s controversial memo came as the government negotiates a power-sharing deal with the Taliban, and critics said it recalled rules the group imposed during its 1990s rule, when it banned girls from school.
Afghan schoolgirls read in chorus at a class at the Bariky Chaedam primary school in the outskirts of Bamiyan August 31, 2005. Women were banned from studying during the Taliban regime. Photo: Reuters/Zohra Bensemra
Women17/Mar/2021
Kabul: Afghanistan’s government has backtracked on an attempt to ban schoolgirls over the age of 12 from reciting poems or singing at public events, following public outcry and criticism from cultural figures and rights campaigners.